Em & The Fates

Em & The Fates is a Brooklyn-based septet whose rich three part harmonies and soul/pop arrangements hark back to an old school soundscape, glittering with nostalgia, yet anchored in lyrics that evoke contemporary themes. Their music is audacious, calling on the past in style and falling into the present in content, often subverting expectations of the two nestled side by side and expressing a vigorously feminist perspective. The Fates have a live, big band, organic sound, with brushstrokes of Amy Winehouse and The Supremes, laden with a theatricality like Freddie Mercury's. Certain tunes breathe a little more pop, others a bit more funk or rock, but the connective tissue is that they're inspired by a sound that’s come before.